Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Administrative change
China established an autonomous Mongol government under Chinese Communist Party guidance, rather than an independent Mongol state.
Significance here: The founding institutional arrangement that has shaped Inner Mongolia's status ever since, distinct from the independent state some earlier nationalists sought.
· Other
Protests over changes to language education policy were characterized by the Chinese government as evidence of separatism.
Significance here: The most recent significant episode of public unrest in Inner Mongolia and a point of contention over how to characterize Mongol political grievances.
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